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Windows 7: What To Do After Jan 2020

After extended support ends in Jan 2020, I don't know what to do. I like Windows 7 but don't like Windows 10. What are you people going to do for security, etc who are planning to stick with Win 7 for the duration?

Just what I did with XP - keep using it. Anyway - hopefully I will be on Linus by then. FWIW - my old XP still runs fine. Highly secured. After 2020 M$ will likely issue super critical upgrades. But normal security upgrades will be done for. Never 10.

After extended support ends in Jan 2020, I don't know what to do. I like Windows 7 but don't like Windows 10. What are you people going to do for security, etc who are planning to stick with Win 7 for the duration?

I've still got an XP install and some XP VMs for old games and other software.

I'll still be using W7 (or I'll use a W7 VM on a Linux Host) unless MS fixes W10:

Here is a docx file that I created a few years ago showing how to create a VM in VMware Player.
The pictures show Ubuntu but the description refers to XP:Create an empty VHD in VMware Player.docx
When creating a VM, don't allocate all of your PCs RAM to the VM (leave a couple of GB for your Host OS).Given your specs, you can safely allocate 4 GB to your VM (6 GB would probably be safe too).

Note:
You still need a valid MS Product Key for W7 to legally run Windows.

After extended support ends in Jan 2020, I don't know what to do. I like Windows 7 but don't like Windows 10. What are you people going to do for security, etc who are planning to stick with Win 7 for the duration?

Me.

Screw W10. IMO it's a bad operating system.
Any operating system that collects all your bits is wrong.
I plan on using W7 despite 2020 deadline.
IMO, W7 is still popular and hopefully the business community can make MSFT change their schedule.
Not holding my breath on that one; but screw MSFT and their W10.

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